How do you replenish trace elements in your tank? (POLL)

[revhtree]

As we all know it is very important to keep the water in our aquariums pristine and in optimal conditions for our tank inhabitants.

That being said.

How do you replenish trace elements in your tank?

 

[mpoletti]

Just curious, how do you measure how "trace elements" are being depleted in our tanks

I do biweekly water changes to help ease my trace elements

 

[revhtree]

By how crappy your corals are looking! LOL!

By trace elements I mean things like, calcium, alkalinity, magnesium, etc..

 

[Hypertek99]

I just do water changes. I'm to lazy to dose.

 

[turbois300]

I dose ca and alk (2 part) and sometimes just reef complete. I would have said water change and dose because I do both but........

 

[gparr]

I voted before reading the posts. I don't consider Ca, Mg, and alkalinity to be trace. I dose B-Ionic for those. Trace means minute quanitities and, to me, that's things such as iodine, strontium, etc. Those I replenish through weekly 25% water changes.
Gary

 

[Reef Pets]

I dose Kent products, Turbo Calcium, Akl, Iodine, Strontium, Magnesium and Essential Elements. I also do a 20 percent water change every 2 weeks.

 

[fishes2889]

4-5g water changes 1 every 2 weeks.
Dosing(all once a week):
Concentrated calcium water added when needed.
Kent Mag- 2capfuls
Seachem strontium- 2 capfuls
Seachem Vitamins and amino acids- 2 capsfuls

 

[Azurel]

I do water changes and dose in small amounts of iodide, and vitamins and amino acids.....I also dose when needed Ca, mag, alk in between water changes......

 

[bamachamp92]

I do 40 gallon water changes weekly, and I dose bio calcium and bio magnesium which have 70 trace elements between the two of them, now that I am doing zeo i have to replenish potassium also because it is skimmed out of the system.

 

[All Delight]

Water changes and some dosing

 

[oceanparadise1]

i think we should have been able to vote on any number lol bc i do most of those!

 

[gflat65]

Ca Rx on SPS tank (about to be covering several tanks), two part (Kent Marine) for Alk and Ca on other tanks, DT's Mg additive for magnesium on all. I don't add anything else. Water changes on average, probably every 4 weeks or so? Will soon add media to Ca Rx for Mg, and am combining several tanks for a single system (too lazy to dose and test so many tanks).

 

[gparr]

Wow! I'm enlightened. I didn't think people put so much stuff in their water. I'll be following this thread closely.
Gary

 

[reef-nut]

I only have a 20 gal. nano and I change 4-5 gallons once a week. I dose with reef plus and complete. I also just ordered a 13 polyped blue ricordea from Liveaquaria.com. I love the blues and I have been watching for a nice colony of blues and this one from the diversden is the best one I have seen in awhile. I will post a picture when I get it going good. I have not put a picture on of this 20 gallon on yet. I am waiting to get it looking awesome before I do. Also I am not very good at pictures, all I can get them to do is thumbnail.

 

[dlberlin]

Calcium reactor for calcium and alk. Occasional magnesium supplement if needed. Waterchanges for the rest.
Not a big fan of additives

 

[mikedelgado]

Same as dlberlin. with an occasional addition of turbo calcium

 

[oceanparadise1]

i only add reef advatage cal thats it and water changes i dont even use ro/di i get better growth with my regular water and i have no algea and pars are perfect

 

[gparr]

i only add reef advatage cal thats it and water changes i dont even use ro/di i get better growth with my regular water and i have no algea and pars are perfect

You're fortunate. If I used tap water, I'd have to get an underwater lawnmower.
Gary

 

[oceanparadise1]

lol i hear that a lot